Fang Ziyi, who was severely criticized by Yang Zhen, although his body still hurt, he did not dare to show it. He could only make a plan for the landing according to the headquarters' plan. But no matter what, all of a sudden,
It is basically impossible for Fang Ziyi not to feel pain for taking out more than a dozen transport planes.
These transport planes carried the most urgently needed support firepower. The first batch of paratroopers paid a considerable price to seize the north bank of the Taizi River in the west of the city, and the plain area about two kilometers long was braving artillery fire from both wings, and continued to swoop and straf.
He made a forced landing under the cover of fighter jets.
The pilots of these transport planes are all instructors who have always been in pain, Fang Ziyi, specially transferred from the flight school for this landing mission. These highly qualified instructors did not live up to his expectations. Although the plane was landing,
The sporadic fire from both wings caused more or less injuries. But almost all the planes landed safely.
After landing, these planes immediately unloaded the tanks and much-needed artillery as quickly as possible. These planes, especially the Italian transport planes that transported a dozen ultra-light tanks, have been specially modified, and the cabin doors have been enlarged.
.Coupled with repeated training before the war, the unloading speed was quite fast.
Except for one aircraft because the tank it was carrying was not fixed properly, the tank crashed the tail of the fuselage during a forced landing. The rest of the aircraft basically completed the unloading safely. However, there was a Junkers 52 and a
The SM 82 transport plane was shot down by Japanese artillery fire when it took off again after unloading. The last plane that took off was also destroyed by Japanese artillery fire on the temporary runway.
Although it cost four aircraft, compared with the number of aircraft invested, the landing was generally successful. Moreover, the transport plane whose tail was damaged by its own tank was not completely irreparable.
. However, in order to ensure the safety of the plane, Fang Ziyi arranged for the flight school instructor to participate in the landing. Yang Zhen scolded him fiercely.
It can be said that Yang Zhen was quite angry when Fang Ziyi transferred aviation school instructors to participate in this combat operation. These instructors are all veterans of hundreds of battles on the battlefield, and they are the foundation and confidence for the development and growth of the aviation force. For these, even all losses
, but he can also find a way to replenish the aircraft. If he sends out all his most fundamental foundations, isn't he giving up eating because of choking?
Originally, according to Yang Zhen's intention, these aircraft were lost. Especially those Italian transport aircraft, there were only a dozen in total. Even if they were all preserved, it would not take long before they would be scrapped due to lack of spare parts.
.Compared to the large number of Junkers 52 aircraft that have been collected through painstaking efforts.
Although the performance of these Italian-made transport aircraft is not bad, there are only more than ten aircraft in total, and there is no need for the Anti-League to imitate necessary parts for them. As long as these heavy weapons can be delivered to the hands of the Second Parachute Division, these aircraft
It doesn't matter if everything is lost.
But this Fang Ziyi, in order to protect the aircraft, sent out the flight school instructors. And he lost three crews at once, which made Yang Zhen feel distressed. He also thought that they were too short-sighted in doing so.
This undoubtedly dissatisfied Yang Zhen, who has repeatedly emphasized that the heads of various services and arms must have strategic vision and combined combat command capabilities.
However, Yang Zhen was angry after what Fang Ziyi did. But the arrival of these heavy equipment and reinforcements undoubtedly greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the troops that had landed. The two German-made 150mm infantry cannons, although the largest
The range is only over 5,000 meters.
The weight of more than two tons is somewhat too heavy for light paratroopers. However, its power is actually almost the same as that of a 150mm heavy howitzer. Moreover, when the Anti-Japanese Alliance was airborne, it was equipped with British-made
The tractor modified from the Bren machine gun carrier has also enhanced certain maneuverability.
In the street fighting in Benxihu City, no matter the solid fortifications, they could not withstand the power of one shot from these big guys. The addition of these two German heavy infantry guns, coupled with the arrival of mountain guns and heavy mortars, undoubtedly
This greatly enhanced the firepower of the troops. And those twelve Polish-made ultra-light tanks, which only weighed 2.5 tons, had no practical survival space on any battlefield.
After joining the battlefield, it also greatly increased the troops' attack and penetration capabilities. In addition, the anti-Japanese paratroopers were absolutely trained at an elite level. After the arrival of these heavy weapons, the battlefield that was originally somewhat balanced gradually began to become more balanced.
tilt.
The commander of the 2nd Parachute Division, who followed the second echelon in airdropping, immediately took over the command and at the same time divided a regiment of the second echelon into two groups. With the strength of one battalion, they immediately cooperated with the troops that had come down from Beishan and strengthened two mountain guns and one
Heavy infantry artillery and four TSK ultra-light tanks are attacking the Benxihu Ironworks special forces to seize the Benxihu Ironworks.
He personally commanded the troops of the two battalions, and immediately, under the cover of the remaining artillery and eight ultra-light tanks, forcibly penetrated into the urban area of Benxi Lake, connected with his main force who was still fighting fiercely with the Japanese defenders in the urban area, and ordered to control the city.
Some troops from the east immediately launched an attack on Benxi Hunan Mountain.
The Second Parachute Division, which received reinforcements and strengthened its firepower, suffered heavy casualties, but became more and more courageous in the Vietnam War. Until the morning of the 26th, under the cover of artillery, it continuously captured most of the positions in the Hunan Mountains of Benxi, completely
It relieved the mountainous area around Benxihu City, the main firepower point of the Japanese army, and squeezed the Japanese army in the city to the east of the city little by little.
By five o'clock in the afternoon on the 26th, the remaining Japanese troops in Benxi Lake City had been driven out of the city and were surrounded on a hilltop south of the Taizi River Railway Bridge. As for the Japanese troops in Benxi Lake City, they had basically been eliminated.
Benxi Lake, an industrial city that arose due to coal and iron, basically completely fell into the hands of the Anti-League.
While the Second Parachute Division was fighting fiercely with the Japanese troops guarding Benxi Lake, Wang Xiaoming's two divisions, commanded by Cao Yafan, also used the main force of the entire Third Army to be attracted to the alkali plant and the fighters on the front line of the small city. Suddenly from Benxi
In the northwest of Waitou Mountain, in the direction of Shiqiaozi, they forcibly tore apart a small group of Japanese guard troops.
At 11 o'clock in the evening on the 26th, they broke into Benxi Lake City, took over the role of the Second Parachute Division, which suffered heavy casualties, to guard Benxi Lake City, and encircled and annihilated the last remaining enemy. By the time Wang Xiaoming's two divisions rushed into Benxi Lake, the entire Benxi Lake
It can be said that the overall situation on the battlefield has been decided. Although the Benxi Lake Iron Works also suffered some losses, the extent of the losses was not large and did not affect the continued production.
The three paratrooper regiments and an ultra-light tank company invested by the Second Parachute Division in the Benxi Lake battle accounted for nearly half of the battle losses. In addition to being shot down along with the transport plane and the price paid during the landing process
Faced with the fierce and rapid counterattack of the Japanese army in the city, the landing force fell into a bitter battle before it could assemble in time. And the first echelon, which was constantly suppressed by Japanese artillery fire on Benxi Hunan Mountain during the war, suffered huge casualties.
In addition to being a regiment in the second echelon, it received artillery reinforcements and had relatively few casualties. The first batch of airborne regiments, the fourth and fifth regiments, quickly counterattacked during the airborne landing and after landing, and continued to resist tenaciously.
, both regiments suffered more than half casualties.
In particular, the Fourth Parachute Regiment, which was always in the main combat area and was divided by the Japanese army, never completed its full assembly, suffered 70% casualties, and the smaller Fifth Regiment also suffered more than half casualties. It can be said that the Second Parachute Division was short.
Within a certain period of time, it no longer has the ability to continue combat.
After Wang Xiaoming's two divisions entered Benxi Lake, they suffered nearly half of the casualties. The Second Parachute Division, which had no sustained combat capabilities, except for the fully formed Sixth Regiment that stayed to cooperate with the main force, the final casualties were the fourth and fifth regiments.
They were mobilized one after another, using the temporarily opened field airport on the bank of the Taizi River as a take-off and landing point. The Junkers 52 aircraft group transporting heavy weapons for Wang Xiaoming's command withdrew to the North Manchu base for rest and replenishment.
As for the two divisions under Wang Xiaoming, in addition to leaving one regiment and the Sixth Parachute Regiment to jointly guard the Benxi Lake City area and continue to carry out the task of clearing out the remaining enemies, the other division and two regiments followed Wang Xiaoming's order and left Cao Yafan.
Under his command, he penetrated directly behind the main force of the Third Army on the front line of the small city.
The entire East Cluster was originally planned to support the operations of the 1st Parachute Division, but due to the rapid capture of Shenyang. The first section of the Shenyang battlefield has quickly moved south, successively captured Liaoyang, Shoushan, and Lishan lines, and has merged with the 1st Parachute Division. There is no need to fight in the East when needed.
The cluster responded to the operation and was immediately cancelled.
After being canceled from the originally planned combat mission to reinforce Anshan, the pressure on Wang Xiaoming suddenly eased a lot. He could concentrate on concentrating all his forces to deal with the main force of the Third Army of the Kwantung Army that was rapidly gathering along the entire Anfeng Railway.
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Faced with the current war situation, General Yamada Otsuzo and Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo were unable to do anything. Including all the current combat staff of the Kwantung Army, almost no one expected that the center line battlefield would disintegrate and collapse so quickly. More
They did not realize that their opponents were actually capable of carrying out large-scale airborne operations.
When they received reports that the Anti-Japanese Alliance had carried out large-scale parachute operations in Benxi Lake and Anshan, the two top commanders of the Kwantung Army, together with everyone at the Kwantung Army headquarters, immediately fell into petrification. Angry
General Yamada Otsuzo threw this report directly into the face of the Kwantung Army's chief intelligence officer, Ogotsu Kaneshiro.
If it hadn't been for Qin Hikosaburo's persuasion, General Yamada Otsuzo, who was so furious that he even drew his saber, would have killed the commander in front of him alive, who controlled the Kwantung Army's intelligence department and spent a huge amount of intelligence funds every year, but got nothing.
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The enemy has the capability of large-scale airborne operations, but their intelligence department knew nothing about such important information. This directly caused the Kwantung Army to be almost completely unprepared for possible airborne operations by the enemy. It also directly caused Anshan and Benxi
The lake changed hands in such a short period of time.
In addition, the intelligence department has never been able to find out that the enemy troops completely destroyed the central line battlefield. The Kwantung Army painstakingly built a large number of heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 200 mm in the permanent fortification group. These two things combined, let The Kwantung Army is now almost in a state of total collapse. How can this not make General Yamada Otozo furious?
Looking at General Yamada Otsuzo who was furious in front of him, Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo could only shake his head and sigh. Apart from suppressing his anger at the incompetence of the intelligence department, he was also helpless. Originally, according to the Kwantung Army's plan, they were on the central battlefield The permanently prepared fortification group built can withstand enemy tank groups for at least half a month.
But they did not expect that the enemy suddenly mobilized a large number of super heavy artillery groups, and destroyed these permanently prepared fortification groups that could withstand direct hits from 150mm caliber howitzer shells like target shooting. This directly led to the complete rout of the center battlefield. , and led to the loss of Shenyang City in such a short period of time.